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Appalling Blindness and Apathy



The accusations hurled against beleaguered religious leader Apollo Quiboloy have long been unresolved cases from way back in 2020, but the self-proclaimed “Son of God” has been protected all these years by politicians upon whom favors have been bestowed by him and his Kingdom of Jesus Christ church (KOJC). Before the US Court, he has been charged with conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking, and the sex trafficking of children, and even bulk cash smuggling.Citing his US indictment, Senator Risa Hontiveros, Chair of the Senate Committee on Women,Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality, initiated local Senate investigations.Testimonies by former members of the KOJC which Quiboloy founded, have detailed instances of sexual abuses committed against them by Quiboloy and other church leaders.His failure to appear at the senate hearings seem to be signalling an appalling posture that he is beyond and above the law. But with the rift between the Duterte and Marcos camps, the political protection he has enjoyed in the past seems to be slowly eroding.


What is equally appalling is the blindness and apathy of his political allies to the victims of his serious offenses, in the name of patronage politics. The evil of this political dynamic is that it hardens the heart and limits one’s vision only to what brings the greatest advantage to oneself. It is a curse that has been with the Filipino people throughout our history. Every new election has given us the chance to set ourselves free from this, and yet little have we made use of the many chances that have been afforded to us. Thanks to genuine public servants like the good senator Risa Hontiveros, we will always have a voice that shall continue to fight for us.


QUOTATION FOR THE WEEK:


“Most of the time, we see only what we want to see, or what others tell us to see, instead of really investigating to see what is really there.”

Suzy Kassem


FOR OUR WORD OF LIFE:


“Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free”

John 8:32

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